Georges Méliès Movies

A lost film directed by Georges Melies

In a wizard's cavern, a series of magic tricks are performed..

A witch curses a town's well.

Silent French short film by Georges Méliès, based on the character from Alphonse Daudet's novel of the same name. The film is presumed...

Lost short comedy film by Georges Méliès

Two bakers enjoy a break from work by drinking wine and playing cards. Soon enough, they're intoxicated and enter into a brawl with messy and fun...

The infamous Dreyfus is finally brought before a court martial.

Henry the Eighth, King of England, had six wives, and it is well known that he had several of them put to death, some by the axe, some by poison, and...

One of a few versions of the "arrival of the train" narrative. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a...

A farmer calls on a juggler to see a few of his best tricks. The juggler has brought a bouquet of flowers, from which he takes out a charming and...

“This is an absolutely new and extraordinary subject. A juggler takes in succession about a dozen eggs out of his servant's mouth. He breaks...

The film, of which only fragments are known to survive, features Méliès as a magician making playing-card figures come to life in...

A knight performs several magic tricks with a disembodied head materialized from a chalkboard drawing.

In a square room, two men and two women, in white body-hugging clothes, try on wrestling holds, each with a partner of the same sex.

An easel appears, and soon after a canvas "walks" up from the floor of its own accord and takes its place on the easel. Now an artist's portfolio is...

A medieval magician performs a magic show involving a long ornate trunk in which he makes his assistants appear, disappear, and transform into other...

In a room filled with jugglers' properties of enormous size a prestidigitateur dressed in eccentric costume enters with his assistant. The servant,...

A sorceress conjures up a bevy of beauties for a bachelor to peruse.

After numerous exhibitions of the black art by the magician, he causes a handsome young woman to appear suspended in the air. She slowly turns until...